Automatic Data Processing
The Commission identifies the Secret Service’s obsolete manual filing system for protective intelligence data as a critical gap, noting it cannot effectively handle growing volumes of interagency information and lacks use of modern automatic data processing capabilities widely adopted in other government and private sector operations. The Department of the Treasury has requested approval to hire five staff to plan and develop an automated file and retrieval system for the PRS, plus $100,000 for a feasibility study to fund consultants, equipment leasing, or pilot system testing. The Commission recommends prompt favorable consideration of this request, and advises the Secret Service to coordinate its data processing planning closely with federal agencies it receives data from to build compatible systems. It also recommends the President order an interagency inquiry to explore opportunities for broader coordinated, mutually compatible data processing across federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, without interfering with individual agency core missions.
Protective Research Participation in Advance Arrangements
Post-assassination Secret Service procedures now require a PRS agent to accompany every advance survey team to liaise with local intelligence gathering agencies, evaluate incoming protective intelligence, and establish informal local liaison committees to coordinate all protective intelligence activities. The Secret Service has requested additional PRS personnel to make this arrangement permanent without disrupting field office operations, a change the Commission regards as a highly useful innovation and urges be continued.
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